From the Book - Regular Print - Seventh edition.
Part 1: Opening the Books on Accounting. Accounting in today's new economy
Introducing financial statements
Safeguarding company assets
Accounting in the digital age
Recognizing the legal and accounting entity
Part.2: Exploring Financial Statements.: Reporting profit or loss in the income statement
Reporting financial condition in the balance sheet
Reporting cash sources and uses in the statement of cash flows
Financial accounting issues
Part 3: Understanidng financial reports, financial statements, and financial information. Producing Financial reports
Deciphering a financial report
Analyzing financial infformation with ratios
Generating internal financial information for management use
Applying Wall Street's tricks and treats to engineer financial results
Part 4. Leveraging accounting in managing a business. Analyzing profit
Preparing best-in-class forecasts, projections, and budgets
Capitalizing a business : how, when, why, and what
Part 5: The part of Tens. Ten tips for managers
Ten tips for reading a financial report.
From the Book - Regular Print - Fifth edition.
pt. I. Opening the books on accounting
1. Accounting : the language of business, investing, finance, and taxes
2. Financial statements and accounting standards
pt. II. Exploring financial statements
5. Reporting financial condition
6. Reporting cash flows and changes in stockholders' equity
7. Accounting alternatives
pt. III. Accounting in managing a business
8. Deciding the legal structure for a business
9. Accounting in managing profit
pt. IV. Preparing and using financial reports
12. Getting a financial report ready
13. How lenders and investors read a financial report
14. Filling out the financial statement for business managers
15. Ten accounting tips for managers
16. Ten tips for reading a financial report.
From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
Getting Personal about Accounting 1 --
Not-So-Foolish Assumptions 2 --
Financial Statement Etiquette 3 --
Part I A First Look at Accounting 9 --
Chapter 1 Strolling Through the Field of Accounting 11 --
Chapter 2 Getting to the Bottom of the Bottom Line 33 --
Chapter 3 Bookkeeping 101: From Shoeboxes to Computers 43 --
Chapter 4 Accounting and Your Personal Finances 65 --
Part II Figuring Out Financial Statements 87 --
Chapter 5 Making and Reporting Profit 89 --
Chapter 6 Genesis and Reporting of Financial Condition 109 --
Chapter 7 Cash Sources and Uses and Reporting Cash Flows 129 --
Chapter 8 Getting a Financial Report Ready 149 --
Part III Accounting in Managing a Business 173 --
Chapter 9 First Things First: Deciding the Legal Structure 175 --
Chapter 10 Using Accounting for Managing Profit 197 --
Chapter 11 Budgeting Profit and Cash Flow 217 --
Chapter 12 Cost Concepts and Conundrums 233 --
Part IV Financial Reports in the Public Domain 253 --
Chapter 13 Keeping Score: Choosing and Implementing Accounting Methods 255 --
Chapter 14 How Investors Read a Financial Report 275 --
Chapter 15 Audits, Accounting Fraud, and Audit Failures 297 --
Part V Part of Tens 311 --
Chapter 16 Ten Profit and Loss Questions 313 --
Chapter 17 Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting 325 --
Chapter 18 Ten Questions Savvy Investors Ask When Reading a Financial Report 339 --
Glossary: Slashing Through the Accounting Jargon Jungle 353.